Obento Deluxe Unit 10 Grammar Notes

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Vocabulary

English	Kana	Romaji (with space)	Romaji
to eat	たべます	ta be ma su	tabemasu
to drink	のみます	no mi ma su	nomimasu
to watch, look, see	みます	mi ma su	mimasu
to listen	ききます	ki ki ma su	kikimasu
to write	かきます	ka ki ma su	kakimasu
to read	よみます	yo mi ma su	yomimasu
to buy	かいます	ka i ma su	kaimasu
to take, record	とります	to ri ma su	torimasu
to do, play (sports, game)	します	shi ma su	shimasu
to make	つくります	tsu ku ri ma su	tsukurimasu
to go	いきます	i ki ma su	ikimasu
to meet	あいます	a i ma su	aimasu
to sleep	ねます	ne ma su	nemasu

English	Kana	Romaji (with space)	Romaji
not to eat	たべません	ta be ma se n	tabemasen
not to drink	のみません	no mi ma se n	nomimasen
not to watch, look, see	みません	mi ma se n	mimasen
not to listen	ききません	ki ki ma se n	kikimasen
not to write	かきません	ka ki ma se n	kakimasen
not to read	よみません	yo mi ma se n	yomimasen
not to buy	かいません	ka i ma se n	kaimasen
not to take, record	とりません	to ri ma se n	torimasen
not to do, play (sports, game)	しません	shi ma se n	shimasen
not to make	つくりません	tsu ku ri ma se n	tsukurimasen
not to go	いきません	i ki ma se n	ikimasen
not to meet	あいません	a i ma se n	aimasen
not to sleep	ねません	ne ma se n	nemasen

English	Kana	Kanji	Romaji (with space)	Romaji
telephone	でんわ		de n wa	denwa
practice	れんしゅう		re n shu u	renshuu
study	べんきょう		be n kyo u	benkyou
homework	しゅくだい		shu ku da i	shukudai
party	パーティー		pa a ti i	paatii
karaoke	カラオケ		ka ra o ke	karaoke
online chat	チャット		cha t to	chatto
shopping	かいもの		ka i mo no	kaimono
radio	ラジオ		ra ji o	rajio
music	おんがく		o n ga ku	ongaku
letter	てがみ		te ga mi	tegami
diary	にっき		ni k ki	nikki
book	ほん	本	ho n	hon
magazine	ざっし		za s shi	zasshi
comic	まんが		ma n ga	manga
newspaper	しんぶん		shi n bu n	shinbun
email	メール		me e ru	meeru
photo	しゃしん		sha shi n	shashin
video	ビデオ		bi de o	bideo
camera	カメラ		ka me ra	kamera
shoes	くつ		ku tsu	kutsu
mobile	けいたい		ke i ta i	keitai
cake	ケーキ		ke e ki	keeki
sushi	すし		su shi	sushi
friend	ともだち		to mo da chi	tomodachi
family	かぞく		ka zo ku	kazoku
video clip	ビデオクリップ		bi de o ku ri p pu	bideokurippu
DVD	DVD		di i bu i di i	diibuidii
television	テレビ		te re bi	terebi
movie	えいが		e i ga	eiga
animation	アニメ		a ni me	anime
YouTube	YouTube		yu u chu u bu	yuuchuubu

Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.

Video clip

どうが（do u ga）is more often used by Japanese people.

ビデオクリップ is rarely used in a Japanese daily conversation.

DVD and YouTube

They are written in English but make sure you can say them in Japanese accurately.

Extension

English	Kana	Kana + Kanji	Romaji (with space)	Romaji
piano practice	ピアノ　の　れんしゅう		pi a no / no / re n shu u	piano no renshuu
band practice	バンド　の　れんしゅう		ba n do / no / re n shu u	bando no renshuu
Japanese study	にほんご　の　べんきょう	日本ご　の　べんきょう	ni ho n go / no / be n kyo u	nihongo no benkyou
essay, composition	さくぶん		sa ku bu n	sakubun
textbook	きょうかしょ		kyo u ka sho	kyoukasho
dictionary	じしょ		ji sho	jisho
ebook	イーブック		i i bu k ku	iibukku
clothes	ふく		fu ku	fuku
Facebook	フェイスブック		fe i su bu k ku	feisubukku

Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.

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Asking about daily activities

Responding

Particle before a verb

It is usually を,

however いきます（to go）and あいます（to meet）follow に.

I VERB ACTIVITY.　＝　ACTIVITY　を（or に）VERB。

Asking daily activities someone does

Do you VERB ACTIVITY?　＝　ACTIVITY　を（or に）VERB　か。

Responding 1

Responding 2